Prayer for the father of Shaykh Saduq

Miracles of Masoomeen
The father of Shaykh Saduq (r) was known by the name of Ali Ibne Babawayh. He was one of the well-known jurisprudent and scholar of Hadith in the city of Qom. Though he had been married to his cousin for a number of years he was not yet blessed with any children.
 
In the year 305 A.H., he visited Baghdad and met the special representative of Imam (a), Husain Ibne Rauh Naubakhti. Ibne Babawayh sent a letter through Muhammad bin Aswad with the request that it may be presented to Imam Zamana (a) to pray to Allah in this regard.
 A reply was soon received from Imam (a) as follows: “You will not have any children by this wife. I have prayed for you in this regard and soon you will be blessed with two sons (who would become jurists) through a lady of the Dailamite tribe.”
As foretold by Imam Zamana (a), Ibne Babawayh married a Dailamite lady after some time. Almighty Allah blessed him with three sons two of whom soon earned fame as the Shiite jurists. The third one was also pious, but not a jurist or scholar.

Al-Kharaij, Vol. 2, Pg. 790; Tabsiratul Wali, Pg. 173, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4,Pg.332

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